Cutting implement



Jan. 15, 1935.

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' i R Q k w s E Inventor JJ JIMJ zlies .50 at its periphery into an arcuate-shaped groo receive a dry cell electric battery, an illuminat- Pate'nted Jan. 15, 1935 v v v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,988,379 CUTTING IMPLEMENT Aloysius J. Gilles, Evansville, Ind.

Application May 3, 1934, Serial No. 723,776

3 Claims. (01. 164--84) This invention appertains to new and useful provided with a cap 18 and is to carry a supply improvements in cutting implements, and more of oil which lubricates the brush 17 by capillary particularly to a hand implement whereby sheet attraction, the brush in turn always keeping the material can be cut accurately and conveniently. blade 14 oiled and free from gum and like mat- The principal object of the present invention ter acquired from the linoleum or other sheet 5 is to provide a cutting implement having selfmaterial being cut. contained illuminating means whereby the cut- The bottom side of the neck portion is ting blade will be illuminated, as well as the provided with a lamp socket 19 for receiving a immediate vicinity of the work being operated bulb 20 and the bulb and lamp are located with- 10 on. in a shield 21. The lamp 20 is so positioned as 10 Another important object of the present into throw light on to the guide claw 12 and imvention is to provide a hand cutting implement mediately in advance thereof so that a portion which will be efiicient for cutting linoleum and of the work will be illuminated. The portion 22 other semi-stiii sheets in dark and inaccessible which connects the claw 12 to the head 11 is places. provided with a sharp edge portion 23 on its 15 These and numerous other important objects inner side so as to cut the linoleum entirely and advantages of the invention will become apthrough in the event any webs or connecting parent to the reader of the following specificaparts are left after cutting action by the disk 14.

tion. A switch 24 is provided on the side of the In the drawings: handle 5 whereby the lamp 20 can be supplied 20 Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of with energy from the battery 7. the implement. i While the foregoing specification sets forth the Figure 2 represents a bottom plan view of the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood implement. that numerous changes in the shape, size and Figure 3 represents a longitudinal sectional materials may be resorted to without departing 25 view taken substantially on line 33 of Figure 2. from the spirit and scope of the invention as Figure 4 represents a sectional view taken claimed hereinafter.

substantially on line 44 of Figure l. Having described the invention, what is Figure 5 represents an edge elevational view claimed as new is: of the cutter disk. 1. A cutting implement of the character de- 30 Figure 6 represents a side elevational view of scribed comprising a handle, a head on the the implement without the illuminating means. handle provided with an integral backwardly Referring to the drawings wherein like numdisposed guide claw, a rotary cutting disk erals designate like parts, it can be seen that mounted between the claw and the said head, I

the instrument consists of a hollow handle 5 said claw being provided with an arcuate-shaped 35 provided with a di-electric lining 6 within which groove therein for partly receiving the periphare contained the batteries 7. The butt end of eral portion of the disk, said head enclosing the the handle 5 is provided with a removable cap 8 upper and forward portions of said disk. and a spring 9 is interposed between the adja- 2. A cutting implement of the character'decent battery cell and the cap in the usual manscribed comprising a tubular handle, adapted 40 ner found conventional in present-day fiashfor receiving dry cell batteries, a head on the lights. Numeral 10 represents an elongated holhandle provided with an integral backwardly low neck extending from the forward end of disposed claw, a rotary cutting disk mounted bethe handle 5 and terminating in a solid head tween the claw and the said head, said head.

structure 11 which is DIOVidBCl With a backwardenclosing the upper and forward portions of said 45 3! isposed guide C aw A pa r of e fla disk, and means on the handle for directing a 13 depends from the head Structure 11 toward light beam on the cutting position of said disk. the claw 12 and between these is rotatably A hand linoleum cutting implement mounted the cutter disk 14 which partly projects prising a tubular handle forming a chamber to Way 15 in the top Side of the claw A Well 16 ing means formed on a portion of the wall of the i p v at the top of the head 11 and handle including a light socket and a reflector through an Ope ng in t e bOtt m O t s W a surrounding the socket, a solid head on the brush 17 x n to wip a in h p r ph y handle formed with a pocket adjacent the end or cutting edge o the disk s well 6 i of the head, a rotary disk cutter journaled in the head and. having the major portion thereof said solid head formed with a covered oil well, confined within the pocket, 8, rearwardly directed a conductor means in the well and in wiping claw below the cutting disk formed with a contact with the cutter disk, and the portion of recess in alignment with the periphery thereof, the head forwardly of the pocket formed with 5 said recess confining a. portion of the periphery a point to separate the cut edges of the material of the cutting disk, said disk and. claw in sub being cut. stantial alignment with the reflector so that ALOYSIUS J. GILLES. light will fall in line with the cutting operation, 

